Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1968 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1968 Season Resources 1968 WPG Team Roster 1968 WPG Attendance

Exhibition
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Mon Jul 8 8:00 PM	WPG 14 @ MTL 33	L	15,000
Ex	Wed Jul 10	WPG 1 @ TOR 35	L	20,784
Ex	Mon Jul 15	EDM 24 @ WPG 13	L	5,000
Ex	Mon Jul 22	OTT 43 @ WPG 35	L	10,700

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 30	BC 18 @ WPG 16	L	14,395
1	Sun Aug 4 4:00 PM	WPG 8 @ SSK 27	L	16,465
2	Sun Aug 11 5:00 PM	WPG 8 @ CGY 43	L	17,027
3	Sun Aug 18	CGY 31 @ WPG	L	11,248
4	Sun Aug 25	WPG 17 @ BC 10	W	23,638
6	Wed Sep 4	WPG 17 @ OTT 24	L	20,151
6	Sun Sep 8	MTL 21 @ WPG 15	L	21,500
7	Sun Sep 15 4:00 PM	WPG 3 @ SSK 31	L	16,136
8	Sun Sep 22	EDM 13 @ WPG 25	W	13,000
9	Sun Sep 29 3:30 PM	TOR 15 @ WPG 9	L	17,012	CTV
10	Sat Oct 5	WPG 13 @ HAM 23	L	18,123
11	Sun Oct 13	EDM 22 @ WPG 8	L	12,000
12	Sat Oct 19	WPG 14 @ BC 16	L	20,040
13	Wed Oct 23	SSK 24 @ WPG 7	L	10,000
13	Sun Oct 27	WPG 22 @ EDM 32	L	15,011
14	Sun Nov 3 3:30 PM	CGY 24 @ WPG 28	W	12,000	CTVW

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	There was no Pre-Season schedule in 1968.
Regular Season	16	3	13	0	6	210	374	W1	1-5-0
Home	8	2	6	0	4	108	168	W1	2-4-0
Visitor	8	1	7	0	2	102	206	L5	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	12	3	9	0	6	156	291	W1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	0	4	0	0	54	83	L4	0-4-0

Full 1968 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 2nd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (2-12-0)
After 3rd	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	5 (1-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (2-9-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (0-13-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.555	2-4-0 (6)	1-5-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.527	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.281	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.531	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.781	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.464	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.286	0-1-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.643	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1968	1967 +/-
Average Combined Score	36.50	-2.62
Average Winning Score	23.33	+2.58
Average Losing Score	10.77	+0.02
Average Home Score	13.50	-0.25
Average Visitor Score	12.75	+0.00
Average Margin of Victory	7.67	-3.08
Average Margin of Loss	14.38	-6.03

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Winnipeg	26	3	29	42	38	80	23	11	34	17	50	67	108 (13.5)	102 (12.8)	210 (13.1)
Opponent	41	71	112	54	51	105	25	56	81	48	28	76	206 (25.8)	168 (21.0)	374 (23.4)

Head Coach

Joe Zaleski (March 14, 1967 – Nov. 12, 1969)

Player Awards
All Stars

1968 Player Awards and Nominations

1968 Most Outstanding

Player — Dave Raimey (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Phil Minnick (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ken Nielsen (Winner)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1968 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

FL	Ken Nielsen

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Dave Raimey
FL	Ken Nielsen
DE	Bill Whisler
LB	Phil Minnick (Tie)
DB	Ernie “Zazu” Pitts

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1968 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)		Pierre Quindon (T)	Ottawa
2–3 (12)		John Francis (HB)	Saskatchewan
3–3 (21)		John Bitchok	Manitoba
4–3 (30)		John Sutton	Loyola
5–3 (39)		Phil Payne	Western Ontario
6–3 (47)		Rivo Ilves	Toronto
7–3 (54)		Don Desontis	McGill
8–3 (61)		Larry Shields	Manitoba
9–3		Pass
10–3		Pass
11–3		Pass